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No. 500,864. Patented July 4, 1893-;

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CLARENCE M. DAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,864, dated July 4, 1893. Application filed December 2, 1892 Serial No. 453,801- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE M. DAY, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Veil-Clasps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to clasps in brooch form, and is mainly designed to be used for holding a veil on the back of a ladys hat without the inconvenience, trouble and liability to damage of direct-1y pinning it thereon, said clasp combining ornament with use and not requiring to be removed with the veil, it virtually being a part of the trimming of the hat.

The invention consists in a certain novel construction and combination of parts in such a clasp, substantially as hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1, represents a back view of a ladys hat on the head of the wearer, with my veil brooch or clasp applied and as holding the veil to or on the back of the hat. Fig. 2, is a side view of said brooch or clasp, closed; Fig. 3, a side view of the same open; Fig. 4, a transverse section upon the line 44 in Fig. 2, omitting the fastening pin; Fig. 5, a longitudinal section of the brooch or clasp closed; Fig. 6, a longitudinal section of the same open; Fig. 7, a view in perspective of the inner or back part of the clasp as seen from above, that is from its inner or closing face side; and Fig. 8,a similar perspective view of the outer or front part of the clasp or brooch.

The clasp or brooch, which may be made of any suitable metal or materials and be either plain or ornamental as desired, resembles in its general configuration when closed a hinged sleeve or collar button but oblong in shape, as shown in Fig. 1, and need not be much if any largerthan suchabutton. It consists essentially of three leading parts, to wit: an inner or back part A having an attached fastening pin b with engaging hook c, an outer or front part B, and a spring C. The inner or back part A is of plate-like construction withits edges turned inward, thereby giving it a dish or flanged shape, which edges are here represented plain, but which, if desired, may be roughened or corrugated to give it a better hold on the veil. Said plate is further made at its upper or back end with an inner angling T-shaped lip (Z that serves to connect it with the outer or front part B of the clasp and forms a hinge piece for said part B to open and close upon as well as a cam to bear upon the spring C. No separate pivot pin is required to complete the hinge, but the outer or front part B of the clasp which, when closed, shuts down or over and receives the edge or flanged sides of the plate A within it, is made hollow and has an inner or back plate (2, rolled over on its edges to secure it to the main portion of the opening and closing front part B by reversely rolling over the edges of the latter to engage therewith, or said plate may be otherwise fastened to the part B. This plate 6 has an opening f and is bent or bulged at the ends of said opening to receive within and seat as a hinge therein the angling T-shaped lip d, the two ears of which rest in the bends in the plate that form open bearings and are held there by the flat springC secured at g to the outer or front part B, and made to bear down or against the inner end of said lip cl. By this construction and arrangement of parts, the hinge piece or lip d not only serves to secure the two parts A and B together, but forms a pivot or hinge piece for the outer or front part B to turn upon when being opened or closed, and further serves as a cam by its changed position in relation with the spring to cause the latter to hold the partB open and afterward to hold it closed, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The fastening pin 6 is applied to the back part A and engages with and is disengaged from the hook c, as brooch pins usually are used and applied. This pin serves to secure the clasp or brooch to the back of the hat or trimming thereon from which it need not be removed, thereby avoiding the inconvenience of adjusting it every time it has to be used. To fasten the veil on the hat, all that the wearer of the latter has to do is to opeuwith her finger the partB of the clasp which then will be held open by the spring C that acts like a locket spring. The wearer then inserts the two meeting back parts of the veil between the two parts A and B and squeezes the latter together on the inserted portions of the veil, the partAbeing received Within the part B and the latter being held closed by the action of the spring 0.

This veil clasp or brooch may be very cheaply and easily made and put together and will form quite an attractive ornament on the hat when holding a veil, apart from its utility and the convenience of its always being in place on the hat when it is required to be used.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A clasp comprising the outer hollow section B having a fiat inner face plate-e slotted at f,

the spring C secured within said section and projecting at its free end over the slot, the inner section A having a marginal flange to abut against plate e, and provided with a contracted portion at one end extending through the slot f and terminating within the section B in a transverse pintle forming lip d pressed upon by said spring to hold the two sections closed, the pintle b hinged to the back of the section A, and the keeper 0 for the point of the pin, substantially as set forth.

CLARENCE M. DAY.

Witnesses:

E. M. CLARK, F. W. HANAFORD. 

